Card game and method for playing the same

Abstract

The present invention is a deck of cards and method of use in a card game, wherein the object of the game is for one of the plurality of players to collect all cards, comprising a plurality of playing cards for displaying visual indicia and a plurality of predetermined visual indicia on said plurality of playing cards wherein at least one of the plurality of visual indicia comprises numbers or objects with a unique hierarchal ranking, at least one of the plurality of visual indicia comprises a command for comparison of discarded cards, and at least one of the plurality of visual indicia comprises a command for the plurality of players to touch the discarded cards.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for playing a card game, wherein the object of the game is for one of a plurality of players to obtain all the cards possessed by the others of the plurality, the method comprising:
 i) providing a deck of cards having a plurality of playing cards for displaying visual indicia, the deck of cards adapted to be dealt to each of the plurality of players wherein at least one of the plurality of visual indicia comprises numbers or objects with a unique hierarchal ranking, at least one of the plurality of visual indicia comprises a command for comparison of discarded cards, and at least one of the plurality of visual indicia comprises a command for the plurality of players to touch the discarded cards wherein about 50 of the plurality of playing cards' visual indicia comprise numbers or objects with a unique hierarchal ranking; wherein about 4 of the plurality of playing cards' visual indicia comprise a command for comparison of discarded cards; and wherein about 2 of the plurality of playing cards' visual indicia comprise a command for the plurality of players to touch the discarded cards;   ii) distributing equally among a plurality of players all cards with the visual indicia facing down;   iii) discarding one of the distributed cards by each of the plurality of players in a predetermined manner, the discarded cards facing up in order to reveal its visual indicia wherein the discarded cards are further adapted to be collected by one of the plurality of the players when the visual indicia is not a number or object with a unique hierarchal ranking; and wherein the discarded cards are further adapted to be collected by one of the plurality of players when the visual indicia comprises a command for comparison of discarded cards;   iv) comparing said numbers or objects by hierarchal ranking on the next discarded card by each of the plurality of players when the card with the visual indicia comprises a command for comparison of discarded cards is discarded wherein one of the plurality of players collects all previously discarded cards when their next discarded card is higher in hierarchal ranking value compared to the cards discarded by the other plurality of players wherein one of the plurality of players collects all previously discarded cards when their next discarded card is higher in hierarchal ranking value compared to the cards discarded by the other plurality of players; and   v) touching the discarded cards by each of the plurality of players when the card with the visual indicia comprises a command for the plurality of players to touch the discarded cards is discarded wherein one of the plurality of players that first touches the card with the command for the plurality of players to touch the discarded cards collects all previously discarded cards.